Subhead:Carney’s supporters smear opponents for telling the truth about residential schools yet stay silent when his firm faces allegations in four countries.#
As the federal election looms, Prime Minister Mark Carney faces no shortage of press attention — but few headlines have dared to scrutinize his time as vice-chair and then chair of Brookfield Asset Management, and the controversy surrounding it.
Not only is the firm an investment giant that cashed in a fortune off green energy subsidies — while Carney simultaneously opposed profitable pipelines in Canada, it’s also been accused of breaching Indigenous rights in four different countries, including Canada.
So much for the leader’s so-called “Canada Strong” slogan while campaigning for the election.
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As reported by CBC Indigenous, Brookfield — under Carney’s watch from 2020 to 2024 — faced such allegations in Brazil, Colombia, the United States, and Canada. The accusations range from deforestation and attempted evictions of Indigenous groups to hydroelectric dams and wind farms that allegedly violated treaty rights or damaged ecosystems.
In Canada, Brookfield is being sued for $100 million by Mississauga First Nation, whose lawyer claims the company “shut the door in our face” when approached about benefit-sharing related to four dams in Ontario.
In Brazil, Brookfield was accused by the NGO Global Witness of human rights abuses, including links to anti-slavery law breaches and environmental destruction. Meanwhile, Indigenous resistance flared in Colombia over one of Brookfield’s wind farms, and environmental disputes arose in Maine over its hydro operations.
Despite the multinational’s sweeping operations and the seriousness of the allegations, Prime Minister Carney has remained relatively untouched by political or activist backlash since an election was called.
